This research tests by 207 psychological and educational sciences students a model on achievement goals (mastery-approach, mastery-avoidance, performance-approach, performance-avoidance, and work ... [more ▼]

This research tests by 207 psychological and educational sciences students a model on achievement goals (mastery-approach, mastery-avoidance, performance-approach, performance-avoidance, and work avoidance). Factorial validity, reliability (internal consistency), concurrent validity (anxiety-test, intrinsic motivation, and extrinsic motivation), and criterion-related validity (self-regulation of effort) are in favour of the hypothesized five oblique structure. Similarities and differences with the ressults from American studies are discussed, especially in a cultural view. [less ▲]

in Slavors, Monica; Broonen, Jean-Paul; Wahlström, Majken (Eds.) The new millenium : A skills challenge for higher education, the counsellor's responsability for facilitating equality and diversity in a European diversity (2000)

The United States individualism construct is reflected in 3 factors called (a) Self-Reliance with Competition, (b) Low Concern for Ingroup, (c) Distance from Ingroup (triandis et al., 1988). This study ... [more ▼]

The United States individualism construct is reflected in 3 factors called (a) Self-Reliance with Competition, (b) Low Concern for Ingroup, (c) Distance from Ingroup (triandis et al., 1988). This study explores the factorial structure of Triandis' items operationalized for Self-Reliance with Competition factor on a sample of Belgian-French speaking University students. A confirmatory factorial analysis on data from 407 subjects suggests that Self-Reliance is distinct from Competition though both factors are not independant. So, it seems that an important aspect of individualism has not necessarily the same meaning by Belgian French-speaking students as by individualists U. S. samples. This confirms that the individualism construct has to be more deeply probed in each country even belonging to close cultural areas. [less ▲]